Regular Expressions can really be a pain in the ass – so any help is normally welcome. Today I will present a Cheat Sheet by AddedBytes.com which is really helpful when dealing with regular expressions. I'm proud to announce this sheet, because they also have a variety of other great cheat sheets available for download on their site.

The newest one concentrates on regular expressions – simple yet colorful as ususal.

In the end I would like to recommend another useful Plugin for Firefox this time. The Regular Expression Tester can also be of great help.

If you develop in and for WordPress, it's advisable to use a library of the core and a Plugin for the the library with the desired effect.

Same for theme and Plugin authors. If you use a function of WordPress to implement JavaScript, you will have less complications and the compatibility between Plugins is much higher.
I will show you an example with Thickbox how to use JavaScript from the core.

There are many possibilities to implement the „Lightbox“ effect on your website. Let's take a close look on a way to use it without a Plugin.
WordPress has Thickbox in their standard installation, so it's not very complicated to use it.Continue reading …

Many blog owners are scared and hesitated to move their blog to another domain because they fear to lose their visitors, downtime and other complications. I will show you now how to get rid off this fear and how to avoid problems while you moving.Continue reading …

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Since version 2.5 WordPress introduced the shortcode API, more detail about it in our article „WordPress Shortcode API“. Recently I had a task which is surely common, but with the help of shortcode API and custom fields very easy to solve. I had to include some advertisements (in german: Werbung) into some articles.

In each article the editor puts 3 custom fields: bild (image), link, linktext. In the text he can set the shortcode [ad]. This shortcode will be recognized by WordPress with the help of the following function. It will also load specific data to display the ads here.Continue reading …

WordPress 2.5 extended the tagging function and added many little features. Among others the shortcode API for example, where you can add strings to a content in a fast and easy way. This makes the call from other functions in Plugins or theme functions much more easier.

The possibilities of shortcodes are immense, many other applications love this feature and with the new one you can make it even easier for the users to write in their backend. To put Shortcodes into the quick tag menu, I recommend to use the AddQuicktag Plugin.

It's easy to understand and to use. I will give a short introduction with some results below. Continue reading …